Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,599, Henry Gipson, N.H

SERVICE
NUMBER
H H
★ Gipson, Henry or Gibson
S. 43,599
CONTENTS

20.178
New York
Henry Gipson, or Gibson
of Orange Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dunton of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cilly — in the New Hamp- shire line, for the term of Three years — from June 1780 to 1783
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 day of July 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of July 1830 and sent to Lewis Mackley Esq. Greenville N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1830 $ 15-76 Semi-annual all'ce ending
$ 15-76
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Recorded Vol. 5. Book 10 Page 91 — Col B

(21.211)
Henry Gifrons Papers
On final settlement certificate vol 1 - page 209 - No 20789.

Declaration in order to be heard on the Pension Act under the Act of 18 th of March 1818 —
State of New York
County of Orange } ss — on this eleventh day of February one Thousand eight hundred and thirty five personally ap- peared in Open Court being the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange and being a Court of Record with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of Amount Having the power of fine and imprisonment and keeping a Register of their proceedings and having a Seal & Henry Gipson of the Town of Monroe Resident of said County aged Twenty nine Years, who being first duly sworn According to Law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820, that he the said Henry Gipson en- listed for the Term of Three Years sometime in the Month of May or June of the Year 1780 in the State of New Hampshire and Town of Canterbury in the Company, commanded by Captain Moody Dustin in the Regiment Com- manded by Colonel Pillsbury in the line of the State of New- Hampshire, on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve until the Year 1783 when he was discharged from the Service there in the said Regiment then under the Command of Colonel Henry Dearborn at Dobbs Ferry in the State of New York, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the Roll of any State except the State of New Hampshire; and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a Pension viz — That about Twenty Three Years ago his house with all its contents was destroyed by fire his Discharge was likewise consumed with other things since that time he has been unable to identify his Service, and still labours under the same difficulty — And in pursuance of the Act of the first of May 1820 — I do solemnly swear

that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not now has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or Debts due to me, I have no Real estate in possession or remain in neither have I any Personal Property; I am in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support myself without the assistance of my country, and I am a Town Pauper. There has been no material variation in my Property since the Year 1818 — My Family consists of myself my wife Phebe and my son Benjamin and a Grand Daughter — My occupation is that of a day labourer and decrepit old age and infirmities have rendered me unable to labour but very little for many years; It is pretty much the same with my wife Phebe; and as to my son Benjamin he has never been able to labour but very little his age is Twenty Years and as to my Grand Daughter Harriet she is very sickly and is a cripple and has been a Town Pauper from her infancy —
Sworn and subscribed in open Court (by making his mark) the 11 th day of February 1830 before me
Henry his x Gipson mark
Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange

in the State of New York See certify that the foregoing Oath is truly copied from the Records of the said Court —
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this Twenty third day of February 1830 — Asa Dunning Clerk
State of New York } County of Orange } ss — on this Third day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty personally appeared Henry Gipson the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Henry Gipson — applicant in said County who being first duly sworn doth on his Oath subscribed make the additional declaration — that there has been no change in respect to his property since the 18 th of March 1818 to the amount in Value of $20 Dollars, the greatest change which has taken place was the loss of a Cow in the Year 1824 — and that this applicant has for several Years dependent for support on the County of Orange and is a County pauper — Given & Subscribe in open Court by making his Mark before me This Third day of June 1830
Henry Gipson Mark
Asa Dunning Clerk
I Asa Dunning Clerk of Orange County do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Henry Gipson did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine Months and longer under one engagement on the continental establish- ment I also certify that the foregoing Oath and declaration are truly copied from the records of said Court — and I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the applicant Henry Gipson is a pauper and has no property to the amount in Value of fifteen Dollars — In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this Third day of June in the Year 1830 — Asa Dunning Clerk

43599 INVALID.
Rey
File No. 43599
Henry Gibson or Gibson Dr. Geo. W.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 196
[Arrangement of 1870.]